DEBATING CRIME focuses on important controversies in the U.S. criminal justice system. It includes a variety of readings devoted to such hot topics as gun control, the death penalty, race and gender issues, prison privatization, and the war on drugs. Most issues are framed in an "opposing viewpoint" format, encouraging students to think more critically about these controversies.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.
2. Perspectives on Debating Crime.
3. Debating Crime and Guns.
4. Debating the Limits of Police Power.
5. Debating the Role of Crime Victims.
6. Debating the Fairness of Courts.
7. Debating Sentencing.
8. Debating "Equal Justice Under Law:" Race and Gender.
9. Debating Prisons.
10. Debating Juvenile Justice.
11. Waging Holy War: Public Morals and Private Vices.
12. Debating the Criminal Justice System.